2018 Top 10 House
Pool Boy - Pool Boy LP (Pacific Haze)
Francis Harris - Trivial Occupations (Scissor and Thread)
DJ Healer - Nothing 2 Loose (All Possible Worlds)
Khotin - Beautiful You (Khotin Industies)
Anthony Naples - Take me with you (Good Morning Tapes)
Ross From Friends - Family Portrait / Aphelion EP (Brainfeeder)
Leon Vynehall - Nothing is Still (Ninja Tune)
Olsen - Dream Operator (100% Silk)
Project Pablo - Come to Canada you will like it (Verdicchio)
Jon Hopkins - Singularity (Domino)
Half of these are outsider house, half of these are tapes, and half of them are pretty ambient. Those are all non-exclusive halves, otherwise we've got ourselves into quite a pickle. This music still comprises my favorite corner overall of the electronic music universe, even though outsider feels like it's not a thing anymore and all the house producers I really like are barely even house music anymore. Still, these are the most talented producers with the most similar intention to all musicians of all time: trying to make people feel good. However, they rarely do it by making people want to dance, which is what makes this list so fun!
Pool Boy - Pool Boy LP (Pacific Haze)
Can you dance to it? Yes but only on the beach.
How good does it make you feel? It makes you feel like you dreamed up the cheesiest best kind of music and then someone went and made it for you. If you're me, or anything like me.
Francis Harris - Trivial Occupations (Scissor and Thread)
Can you dance to it? For some of it
How good does it make you feel? If you like jazz and ambient music and house, it's gonna make you feel really good all the way through. I don't even like jazz, but maybe I do now cause Harris is the best.
DJ Healer - Nothing 2 Loose (All Possible Worlds)
Can you dance to it? Sometimes, but pretty slowly. Don't move too much.
How good does it make you feel? So good. If you get into the vocal samples, so so good.
Khotin - Beautiful You (Khotin Industies)
Can you dance to it? Nope.
How good does it make you feel? A little whacked out but really quite good.
Anthony Naples - Take me with you (Good Morning Tapes)
Can you dance to it? On occasion but not for long
How good does it make you feel? Frenzied and chill and good.
Ross From Friends - Family Portrait / Aphelion EP (Brainfeeder)
Can you dance to it? Actually, yeah!
How good does it make you feel? Regardless of your interest in dancing, really good.
Leon Vynehall - Nothing is Still (Ninja Tune)
Can you dance to it? Maybe one song. Note that his last release had "Designed to Dance" right there in the name. It was like an omen!
How good does it make you feel? Like you're getting massaged by a great producer for 41 minutes.
Olsen - Dream Operator (100% Silk)
Can you dance to it? I don't know.
How good does it make you feel? It will bring you back to the nostalgic glory days of outsider house. So, a couple years ago. Fond memories.
Project Pablo - Come to Canada you will like it (Verdicchio)
Can you dance to it? Nah but you can strut to it.
How good does it make you feel? Almost as good as Mood Hut.
Jon Hopkins - Singularity (Domino)
Can you dance to it? Yeah go for it!
How good does it make you feel? Just keep dancing!